noun
Meaning 1
One who designs and implements software solutions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
software engineer
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noun
Meaning 2
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: programmer, computer programmer, coder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engineer, applied scientist, technologist, computer user
Narrower terms: cracker, hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk
History
Etymology
Back-formation from software engineering.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: програми́ст (programíst) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Bulgarian: со́фтуерен инжене́р (sóftueren inženér) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Bulgarian: разрабо́тчик на со́фтуер (razrabótčik na sóftuer) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Chinese Mandarin: 軟件工程師 /软件工程师 (ruǎnjiàn gōngchéngshī) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Czech: softwarový inženýr — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Estonian: tarkvaraarendaja — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Finnish: ohjelmistoinsinööri — one who designs and implements software solutions
- French: ingénieur informaticien — one who designs and implements software solutions
- German: Softwareentwickler — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Greek: μηχανικός λογισμικού (michanikós logismikoú) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Hebrew: מהנדס תוכנה (mehandés tokhná) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Hungarian: szoftvermérnök — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Hungarian: szoftverfejlesztő — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Irish: innealtóir bogearraí — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Japanese: ソフトウェアエンジニア (sofutowea-enjinia) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Khmer: វិស្វករកម្មវិធី (vɨhsvaʼkɑɑ-kamvithii) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Korean: 소프트웨어 엔지니어 (sopeuteuweeo enjinieo) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Persian: مهندس نرمافزار (mohandes-e narm-afzār) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Polish: inżynier oprogramowania — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Polish: inżynierka oprogramowania — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Portuguese: engenheiro de software — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Romanian: inginer software — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Russian: инжене́р-программи́ст (inženér-programmíst) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Thai: วิศวกรซอฟต์แวร์ (wít-sà-wá-gɔɔn-sɔ́ɔp-wɛɛ) — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Turkish: yazılım mühendisi — one who designs and implements software solutions
- Vietnamese: kỹ sư phần mềm — one who designs and implements software solutions